GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| auroral | dawn |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |